Cesium-137 deposition BEFORE Fukushima.
Estimates of Cancer Occurrence and Cancer Fatalities in the United States from Global Atmospheric Nuclear Testing Type of cancer Dose type Deaths Occurrence Source
~2,500 [1][2] 50,000 [3] IEER estimate from NCI 1997
Leukemia Internal 550 ~1,000 CDC/NCI 2001 for deaths estimate, IEER for occurrence estimate
All radiogenic cancers External [td 11,000 22,000 CDC/NCI 2001
All radiogenic cancers Effective Dose Equivalent [4] ~3,000 ~6,000 IEER estimate from CDC/NCI 2001 maps and table
Total, rounded [5] ~17,000 ~80,000